Literally have never pked before so I don't know how it is or has changed. My only kills came from VG towering from 3k-10k and it racked me up about 15k of my meager 18k (or almost 18k). I too remember Deadmau5, or more specifically dieing to him over and over. Pking never seemed interesting to me, more of a grind, but to each his own. Towering has been the more fun concept to me.